FW: Terminated Employees' Benefits

Does seem a bit of an issue - who is in charge of this? Robert?

-----Original Message-----
From: =09Dinari, Sabra L. =20
Sent:=09Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:17 PM
To:=09Dietrich, Janet; Oxley, David; Beck, Sally; Hall, Bob M; Olson, Cindy=
; Kitchen, Louise
Subject:=09Terminated Employees' Benefits

Happy New Year all,

I have been with Enron for over 16 years and I have made some very good fri=
ends during my time here and right now I am feeling their pain and panic. =
I talk to several of my terminated friends (and sister) each week and get u=
pdates from them on what is going on outside of Enron. I just want to do w=
hatever I can to help them get through these hard times, this is the reason=
for my weekly reminders to you all who have the power to do something for =
them.

I passed on the phone numbers for Towers Perrin and other numbers that they=
need to get their money from the Cash Balance Plan or to find out more abo=
ut the COBRA benefits, etc. but there is a major stumbling block in their w=
ay right now. They keep being told that no one can do anything for them, n=
ot even send them the necessary forms to get the ball rolling on these bene=
fits, because Enron has not changed their status from active to terminated =
(or inactive). How can it possibly take a month to get this status changed=
? Please realize that a lot of these people have nothing: no paycheck com=
ing in, no unemployment checks YET, no retirement, no cash balance money, n=
o medical benefits....they are feeling scared and panicked....PLEASE lets d=
o something to help them. I have no clue what all it takes to get 4,500+ e=
mployees status changed but surely it cannot take a month to accomplish thi=
s. Whomever is in charge of getting this done, are we sure they have a sen=
se of urgency about the situation? People could lose their homes, cars, et=
c. while they are waiting on all this red tape....this is very important.

Please advise.

Sabra Dinari